Word: contractive
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...difficult week for UNESCO. First, Gérard Bolla, one of the United Nations agency's two deputy directors general, resigned. Officials maintained that Bolla, a Swiss civil servant, was leaving because his nine-month temporary contract had run out. But others in the organization said that Bolla was dissatisfied both by UNESCO's refusal to extend his contract by more than two months and by proposed reforms...
Both management and union leaders representing the company's 10,000 employees blamed each other for the company's plight. The union had made fresh contract concessions, but retracted them because it was unhappy with a debt-reorganization plan worked out by the company and its bankers...
...prey to suspicions generated by Watergate. Legislators feared that some day an Administration might use a centralized computer tax system to harass citizens. In January 1980 the IRS at last issued a call for bids on a new computer to replace its old Honeywell and Control Data machines. The contract was awarded to Sperry 18 months later, but the agency did not complete its order for the new computers until December 1984. Later it twice changed the specifications on the original order, each time requiring more sophisticated equipment. After all the modifications, the computers arrived at IRS regional centers last...
...when beaten, are primarily binders and, because of their fat, enriching moisturizers. McGee also explains that, in cooking eggs, it is important to avoid extensive coagulation, which produces a rubbery texture or curdling. He therefore advises a moderate, gradual heating that will not cause the proteins to contract and squeeze out the liquid they are supposed to retain. In other words, when making hollandaise sauce, use a gentle heat so the sauce will thicken smoothly...
...also compromised on military spending, giving the Pentagon "authority" to spend up to $302.5 billion but a funding outlay of only $267.1 billion in fiscal 1986. That means the Pentagon can contract for more major weapons to be paid for later but will have to cut back on current cash outlays...